Built a plain one for myself, I kinda like it. I missed poundage a bit but it'll still work.

Looks good 
More pictures please

Looks very good, what kind of woods?

Nice Travis..

Sweet!!

That looks really nice Travis. I would not say it's plain, it's clean and unpretentious. Their is an elegance to a nice unadorned design

Thanks guys. Bue, the woods are Shedua and Tasmanian black wood.

Flem x 2. I think today some bows are too fancy, almost like too many things are heaped on.

Quote from: Buemaker on August 26, 2021, 09:14:59 AM
Flem x 2. I think today some bows are too fancy, almost like too many things are heaped on.

I agree wif ya Bue and Flem.

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Quote from: Buemaker on August 26, 2021, 09:14:59 AM
Flem x 2. I think today some bows are too fancy, almost like too many things are heaped on.

I agree wif ya Bue and Flem.

Me too
I made one with white glass and black and white glass overlays, came out nice

Stupid bandsaw guide holder broke while I was re-sawing.

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This is the definition of pot metal. I can buy a replacement for $35. Its such a sloppy POS, I'm considering fabricating something.

I was cutting the last of my Oregon Ash.

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It looks a lot like Maple

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It's nice wood. Got a good strength to elasticity ratio and it's relatively light. Seem like out west, Oregon got a bloated share of the good archery related woods.

Ya otta be more careful with your equipment:)

True. And more careful how I spend my money. I have not saved any time or cash on this saw. 

Probably when it jammed up one time in the past and it cracked it flem
It did nt break, you broke it

EA-40 Flem....

Sorry about your blade guide! Had that happen w/ the bottom guide on my Rockwell which I've had since the late 70s.

Do you have a method of measuring "strength to elasticity ratio" on lams?  I'd like to hear more about that.

Quick and dirty. Actually works well. Glad to get rid of the thrust bearing, never thought much of that design. This is much quieter when your cramming some wood into the blade 

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UHMW looks like. Used a lot of that back in the day.
Really good for wear plate but that's a lot of wear.
Keep is up to date on how that works.

Flem, I like it.

Good thinking.

Quote from: Roy from Pa on August 26, 2021, 09:23:50 AMI agree wif ya Bue and Flem.

x whatever we're up to. Sleek and subtle wins over loud every time for me 

Quote from: 4 point on August 26, 2021, 09:10:39 AM
...and Tasmanian black wood.

Grown there or imported from down under? It's used for cabinetry, furniture, flooring and wood turning down here, and a few bows have been made from it including self-bows plus it's a nice tree in it's own right.